PROPANE FUMIGATION IN A DIRECT INJECTION TYPE DIESEL ENGINE

An experimental study was conducted to evaluate the use of propane and natural gas as fuels for diesel engines. Experiments were conducted by injecting different quantities of pilot diesel fuel at a fixed injection timing. The amount of pilot quantity was found to influence the engine performance, particularly at low loads. The engine thermal efficiency, emissions and noise were found to depend on the overall equivalence ratio as well as on the quantity of pilot injection.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • International Off-Highway Meeting and Exposition Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 12-15, 1983.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)

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  Warrendale, PA  United States  15096
• Authors:
  • VARDE, K S
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 8 p.
• Serial:
  • SAE Technical Paper
  • Publisher: Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)
  • ISSN: 0148-7191
  • EISSN: 2688-3627
  • Serial URL: http://papers.sae.org/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternate fuels; Diesel engines; Effective stress; Exhaust gases; Fuel air mixtures; Fuel injection; Fumigation; Propane; Testing
• Old TRIS Terms: Direct injection; Propane fuel
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381920
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: SAE 831354, HS-036 064
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Mar 30 1984 12:00AM